Chicago’s South Side was solidly working class during Pope Leo’s childhood, said Rob Paral, a researcher at the Great Cities ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

From an altar boy growing up in a working class area of Chicago, Robert Prevost, 69, has worked his way through the ranks to ...

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, ...

Catholicism has rarely been more prominent in US politics as the Trump administration openly embraces advisers and officials ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Bronzeville and raised in the south suburbs, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a little known missionary from Chicago, was elected as a surprise choice to be the new leader of the ...

"The Pope is from Chicago. This is one of the biggest moments in the modern history of our city," said Mayor Brandon Johnson ...

Thursday’s meme economy was flooded with images of the newly named Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago with the given name Robert ...

In a place where civic pride is a way of life, Chicagoans need little help believing the election of Pope Leo shows their ...

Pope Leo XIV used to "play priest" when he was a child, according to his brother, who said that he could not be prouder of ...

Chicago, a uniquely meme-able city, was the center of a ton of jokes. Here is some of the internet’s best work.